AMD Athlon XP 3100+ vs Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon XP 3100+ and Intel Pentium 4 1.80 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon XP 3100+

Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 3100+

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 22% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 130 nm vs 180 nm
16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 282 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	December 2003 vs August 2001
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm
L1 cache	128 KB vs 8 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	431 vs 429
PassMark - CPU mark	282 vs 160

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 66.7 Watt vs 68 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66.7 Watt vs 68 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon XP 3100+
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 1.80

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

431

429

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

282

160

Name	AMD Athlon XP 3100+	Intel Pentium 4 1.80
PassMark - Single thread mark	431	429
PassMark - CPU mark	282	160

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon XP 3100+	Intel Pentium 4 1.80
Essentials
Architecture codename	Thorton	Willamette
Launch date	December 2003	August 2001
Place in performance rating	3103	3105
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
L1 cache	128 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	256 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	180 nm
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz	1.8 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	63 million	42 million
64 bit support
Base frequency		1.80 GHz
Bus Speed		400 MHz FSB
Die size		217 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		78 °C
Maximum core temperature		78°C
VID voltage range		1.575V-1.75V
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	A	PPGA478, PPGA423
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	68 Watt	66.7 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		53.3mm x 53.3mm
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)